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I am a producer/engineer from New Orleans, now in the Atl area. I do it all from composing, recording, mixing, sound design, audio post etc. My recording studio is located in Douglasville, Ga. If you need any professional audio work done, I'm the person for the job.

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Career Summary An experience spanning over 12 years with 9 years in Information Technology, I have worked in the areas of Business Development, Client Relationship Management and Program/Project Management for non-project specific activities. In project specific activities, my experience has been in Project Management, Business Analysis, Requirements Management and Process Development & Implementation. My domain experience has mainly been in Retail and Industry projects. Briefly speaking, I am currently working at IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Program Manager (Transformations / Geo Expansion) to the Vice President of IBM General Business (GB), India/South Asia. GB is the fastest growing segment of IBM India. As part of the Strategic Initiatives program, I help in strategizing the way to go based on the needs of the end-customer and demands of the market. A crucial part of the Strategic Initiatives is to increase IBM footprint into the inner areas of India, namely Geo-Expansion. Career Objective To excel in all aspects of ? Business Analysis, Business Development & Client Relationship Management ? Program & Project Management ? Process Definition & Implementation Activities Education Degree University / Institute Year of Passing Currently studying to take PgMP Certification exam Project Management Institute, USA ongoing Masters’ (Graduate) Courses in Computer Science: - Software Engineering (I, II, Advanced) - Special Topics (OOPD - Smalltalk) - Operating System Design - Computer Systems Organization University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA 07/2002 MBA (Computer Systems & Training) Madurai Kamaraj University 07/2002 BA (Psychology) University of Mumbai (Bombay) 08/1996 Computer Systems Management NIIT, Mumbai 05/1996 Work Experience Organization Duration IBM India Pvt. Ltd., (Program Manager to the Vice-President GB, ISA) 03/2008 till date My role as Program Manager – Transformations / Geo Expansion is an extension of the VP’s office, it involves: • Interacting with senior leaders • Working with the strategy team to arrive at the correct strategy for Geo Expansion • Creating integrated management system across brands • Re-organising and transforming team processes as required • Handling management of the various projects and programs • Implementing LEAN processes within the team • Managing the program risks by identifying and surfacing them and ensuring that they have mitigation plans • Working closely with subject matter experts and managing expectations • Facilitating the smooth conduct of programs by removing roadblocks and proper coordination • Setting up effective meetings and communicating clearly and precisely with stakeholders • Making presentations / recommendations to the senior members in the group LogicaCMG Pvt. Ltd. (Business Manager – Global Service Delivery) 09/2004 till 12/2007 My profile as Business Manager included the following: • Business Development and Sales Support activities • Client Relationship Management • Account planning & propositions • Participate in the Change Management program ? Identify the current needs ? Make suitable propositions • Business Analysis & Due Diligence for new opportunities • Process Improvement activities • Work on various bids released by clients ? Have worked on bids/proposals ranging in value of £250K to £200M ? Review the solution design, work closely with the technical design team to create the mosted suited solution ? Attend yellow-pad and red-pad sessions with the client, provide agreed inputs with the client ? Identifying areas that can be offshored and working with clients/other bid members to arrive at an agreed mix ? Discussing and devising offshoring and transition plans ? Agree on the various aspects of contracts and SLAs • Participate in programme/project related activities ? Project planning activities ? Change and transformation plans ? Project Transition and Coordination activities ? Resource planning and placement ? Risk/Issue Management • Handle internal BD tools development programme ? Work as Programme Manager / Business Analyst for BD tool development ? Responsible for automation and implementation of BD processes ? Act as Functional and Process expert • Handle client visits • Consultant to the BD Knowledge Management programme • Internal Auditing (part of Certified Internal Auditors team) • Internal Staff Training (general group inductions, requirements/business analysis, soft skills) • Staff Management (mentoring) Clients in: UK, Netherlands, Belgium and USA bid/project sizes ranging in value of £2m to £150m Satyam Computer Services Ltd. (Program Manager – PMO Member) 09/2002 till 09/2004 Worked as Program Manager for Hewlett Packard (HP), Bangalore from June, 2004 till September, 2004 As a Program Manager and Business Analyst, my role and responsibilities included: • Identifying future business prospects and analyzing requirements • Working with technical resources for selling potential engagements • Client/account management by interfacing with senior level client managers and establishing rapport • Working towards complete/consistent customer satisfaction • Manage budgets of the overall program & review project budgets to effectively handle cost/expense bloating • Business analysis for various requirements • Work with the solution team to design suitable solutions and plans for implementation • Identifying/Interviewing candidates for various roles in projects • Maintaining rapport with team members assigned to customer projects and handling conflicts/concerns • Identifying and analyzing the training needs of the candidates with respect to projects and arrange for the same • Carrying out project audits and identifying defects/bugs • Identifying risks/issues and working with management to resolve them • Defining processes/templates for reporting Placed at Microsoft Corporation (CDDG – Content Design & Development Group) through Satyam Computer Services, USA from August 2003 till February 2004 – Onsite Program Manager I was transferred to the US office of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. To work on a program with Microsoft Corporation. My role as a Program Manager and Business Analyst included: • All the activities mentioned in the roles as Program Manager for HP • In brief that would be; analyzing and evaluating business / computer systems and handling requirement conflicts (if any), defining the project scope & providing inputs for tailoring the process if required • Representing and prioritizing the business requirements in the project • Requirements managements – maintaining customer requirements scope/status, handling changes and evaluating them • Identifying future project prospects with Microsoft Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Chennai from 09/2002 – 08/2003 as Business Analyst/Program Manager My role as a Business Analyst involved: • Analyzing and evaluating business / computer systems and handling requirement conflicts (if any) • Defining the project scope & providing inputs for tailoring the process if required • Representing and prioritizing business needs & requirements in the project • Maintaining the status of customer requirements, handling changes and evaluating them • Actively participate in the testing process, conducting functional and usability tests from time to time and in regression and ad hoc testing. • Projects portfolio includes: Warehouse Management Systems development, Online Retail System development, etc. As a Program Manager, my profile included: • Continuous client interaction and maintaining good relations with the carious stakeholders • Acting as the internal customer to the project members enabling them to clarify on a daily basis the various doubts and clear conflicts. Apart from the various activities mentioned for the above projects/programs; I also participated in preparing proposals for prospective clients. Being a certified Internal Quality Auditor, I audited projects to ensure compliance with the implementation process and participated in process improvement activities. Tata Infotech Ltd (Marketing & Business Development) 08/2000 – 05/2001 As a part of the Education division, my role as a business developer involved acquiring clients and new business for the organization, preparing proposals & maintaining customer relationships. I handled major accounts and was instrumental in developing new business processes resulting in significant achievements in revenue generation. Worked on deals ranging from INR250000 to INR 2Crores. My role as a business analyst involved training-needs analysis, custom-content development, infrastructure setup and implementation of training programs. Kaashyap Radiant Systems Ltd (Business Development) 01/2000 – 07/2000 The company focused on eCommerce training & software development. As a business developer, I assisted in various center setup activities for the training division. As a business analyst, I was involved in requirement analysis & scoping projects. I contributed significantly to the development of internal processes for software development. Projects portfolio included working on online eCommerce website, online retail store, internal software for logistics company, etc. I achieved more than 100% of the target in the first 2 quarters of joining the organisation and was recognized for the same. Shah Telecom (Sales & Marketing) 06/1996 – 12/1999 The firm operated as a distributor for cellular phones and I joined the organization as a Senior Sales executive and rose to the position of Manager - sales & marketing. In my tenure here and other various associate-firms, I played different revenue-target oriented roles. As a senior executive, I was involved with direct sales activities. Moving up the organizational ladder, my role involved acquiring new dealers, setting up a dealer network, and tracking their performance. I also setup the Direct sales & the After-sales teams, trained them and monitored team-targets. In 1997, we decided to computerize certain functions of the firm. I helped design automation/computerization of business processes like leads entry and follow-up of various leads and computerization of accounts. The firm ventured into software activities in 1998 and I was also involved in business generation activities for the same. I participated in requirement analysis & functional testing of applications. Technical Skillset Operating Systems MS DOS, Win9x / 2K / XP Languages UML, Basic Java, JScript, VisualWorks Smalltalk Databases MS-SQL (awareness), MS-Access Case Tools Resource Standard Metrics (RSM) 6.10 Web Related HTML, Visual Interdev 6.0 Development Methodologies MSF, RUP, XP Tools & Utilities MS-Office, MS Project, VSS, Visio, SUnit, SmallLint, Lotus Notes Trainings Received Title Organized by Duration LEAN Training IBM India Pvt Ltd 4 Days Advanced Negotiation Skills Leadership Development Programme – People Wise Mentor Learning for LogicaCMG Pvt. Ltd. 1 Day 2 Days PCMM Training KPMG for LogicaCMG Pvt. Ltd. 2 Days IQA (Internal Quality Auditor) Training LogicaCMG Pvt. Ltd. 2 Days Initial training for PMP Certification by PMI - REP Satyam Computer Services Ltd. 40 hours IQA (Internal Quality Auditor) Certification Training 3 Days Software Project / People Management; Business and Needs Analysis; UML Training ISO 9001 / CMM Awareness & Quality Procedures Tata Infotech Ltd. 18 Days 7 Days Personal Details Name Ms. Kavita Thanky Date of Birth 07th January 1975 Passport Valid Upto 22/Jun/2010 Visa Details R-B1/B2 – USA Valid Up to: Jul/2016 (10 years) B-Visa – Australia Expired: May/2010 Contact Details India Cell phone: +91 (0) 98802 10830 Email ID: kavitathanky@hotmail.com References URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kavitathanky

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Edgardo G. Salomon was born in 1979 in Panama City, Panama. Moved to Atlanta in 2001. Earned his B.A. in Visual Communications with concentration in Sequential Art from SCAD-Atlanta. Hard working and reliable, he looks forward to the completion of any project he has at hand and the satisfaction the customer gains from a job well done.